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Temporary Residence Basinski, William The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) BOX

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Since the turn of this century, perhaps no other modern composition has had a more resonant healing effect than The Disintegration Loops. Composer William Basinski’s deteriorating analog tape loops evolved from melodic sym

Basinski, William The Disintegration Loops (Arcadia Archive Edition) BOX

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Trust SNFU: And No One Else Wanted to Play (40th anniversary color vinyl) LP

Exclusive 40th anniversary pressing. Remastered from the original tapes. S.N.F.U.’s debut album, …And No One Else Wanted To Play, is widely recognized as an influential cornerstone in hardcore punk and the skatepunk subgenera. With the twin Belle brother

SNFU: And No One Else Wanted to Play (40th anniversary color vinyl) LP

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Light in the Attic Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Green LP

Barely known outside of his home country during his lifetime, the late Japanese ambient music pioneer Hiroshi Yoshimura has seen his global stature rise steadily in the past few years. The 2017 reissue of his lauded debut, Music For Nine Post Cards, along

Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Green LP

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Proper Fay, Bill: Time Of The Last Persecution LP

Time Of The Last Persecution (released in 1971 by Deram) is a more rock-oriented production and an altogether darker work than his debut and was co-produced by Fay and guitarist Ray Russell, and featured top-notch session players including drummer Alan Ru

Fay, Bill: Time Of The Last Persecution LP

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Drag City O'Rourke, Jim: Insignificance LP

***BACK IN PRINT!!! Note new price. Avant-rock's prolific chieftain, Jimbo O, returns with another diamond from the rough. Eleven shiney bits of blackened pop mastery...

O'Rourke, Jim: Insignificance LP

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Murder Sloan: Smeared (tip-on sleeve) LP

Smeared is the debut studio album by Canadian rock band Sloan. It was released in Canada on October 1, 1992, and in the United States in January, 1993, on Geffen Records. The album was recorded at a low cost of $1,200. The album is ranked 86th in the 200

Sloan: Smeared (tip-on sleeve) LP

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Audika Russell, Arthur: World Of Echo LP

BACK IN PRINT!!! A remastered and revised artwork edition of the extraordinary World Of Echo album from New York avant-garde cellist, songwriter, composer, and disco visionary ARTHUR RUSSELL. Originally released in 1986, the album is a deeply meditative a

Russell, Arthur: World Of Echo LP

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Bureau B Faust: Faust IV (Clear) LP

By 1973, Faust had already rewired the circuits of German rock. Their first two albums had exploded traditional song form with a joyous disregard for continuity, coherence, or commercial appeal. The Faust Tapes, released earlier that year for 49p as a sur

Faust: Faust IV (Clear) LP

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Great Tracks Masaru Trio, Imada: Green Caterpillar LP

Previous album, "Brow Up," which made it known to the jazz world, this is Isao Suzuki's second album. You can enjoy the interplay with the Watanabe Kazumi, ...etc. This is a masterpiece of one creature.

Masaru Imada(p) / Isoo Fukui(b) / Tetsujiro Obara

Masaru Trio, Imada: Green Caterpillar LP

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Munster Faust: So Far LP

After the poor sales of their debut album, Faust's So Far (1972) presents the more commercial and accessible side of the legendary German krautrock band without giving up their advanced and experimental personality. It is a perfect album to begin explorin

Faust: So Far LP

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Hands in the Dark Lauten Der Seele: Die Reise Zur Monsalwasche LP

Christian Schoppik aka Läuten der Seele brings his “Water” trilogy to a close with his new album ‘Die Reise zur Monsalwäsche’ (The Journey to Monsalwäsche) following up ‘Die Mariengrotte als Trinkwasseraufbereitungsanlage’ (2022, Hands in the Dark) and ‘E

Lauten Der Seele: Die Reise Zur Monsalwasche LP

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Empire of Signs Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Music For Nine Post Cards LP

Despite his status as a key figure in the history of Japanese ambient music, Hiroshi Yoshimura remains tragically under-known outside of his home country. Empire of Signs – a new imprint co-helmed by Maxwell August Croy, Spencer Doran and distributed by L

Yoshimura, Hiroshi: Music For Nine Post Cards LP

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Vampi Soul Ayers Ubiquity, Roy: Everybody Loves the Sunshine LP

In Everybody Loves the Sunshine (1976), Roy Ayers seamlessly blends genres, creating a timeless sound that continues to influence musicians and DJs around the world. He makes the vibraphone the central instrument, a jazz-funk approach that defines his uni

Ayers Ubiquity, Roy: Everybody Loves the Sunshine LP

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Chemikal Underground Mogwai: Come On Die Young (WHITE) LP

Arriving in March 1999 with an album cover that referenced The Exorcist and a title scalped from a well-known Glasgow gang slogan, you'd have expected Mogwai's "Come On Die Young" to be an apocalypse-harbouring, pre-millennial assault on the senses. Inste

Mogwai: Come On Die Young (WHITE) LP

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Third Man Melvins: Houdini (180g/gatefold) LP

Music Industry, 1993: everyone is looking to sign the "next" Nirvana. Atlantic Records found exactly the band they were looking for in the Melvins. Birthed in the Pacific Northwest gloom of Aberdeen that would spawn grunge music and culture, the Melvins w

Melvins: Houdini (180g/gatefold) LP

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Constellation Godspeed You! Black Emperor: f#a# LP

F# A# ∞ was recorded at the original Hotel2Tango in spring 1997 on a rented 16-track tape deck and supplemented with various field recordings. In the preceding year, the band had taken shape as a quasi-orchestral outfit involving most of the players that

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: f#a# LP

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Rhino Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures LP

Factory Records owner Tony Wilson gambled label profits and his life savings on the recording of Joy Division's debut album. With producer Martin Hannett at the helm, the band crafted a stark musical statement that would endure as a milestone. 1979's Un

Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures LP

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Superior Viaduct Conrad, Tony with Faust: LP

Violinist, composer and filmmaker Tony Conrad started his career in New York in the early 1960s. As a member of the Theatre of Eternal Music (a.k.a. the Dream Syndicate) alongside John Cale, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Angus MacLise, he participate

Conrad, Tony with Faust: LP

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Stones Throw J Dilla: Donuts (20th Anniversary Audiophile Edition) LP

We're celebrating 20 years of J Dilla's Donuts with a brand new Anniversary Audiophile Edition. The Donuts Audiophile Edition is lacquer cut at Bernie Grundman and manufactured at Fidelity Record Pressing - 2LP 180g vinyl at 45rpm. Deluxe art printed Stou

J Dilla: Donuts (20th Anniversary Audiophile Edition) LP

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Elemental Axelrod, David: Song of Innocence LP

Song of Innocence (1968) is the visionary debut solo album by producer, arranger, and composer David Axelrod, released on Capitol Records. Named after William Blake’s poetry collection, the record blends psychedelia, jazz fusion, orchestral textures, and

Axelrod, David: Song of Innocence LP

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Warner Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Pink Vinyl) LP

Although it was burdened with the difficult task of following-up what is universally lauded as one of the best albums of the '90s in 1999's Soft Bulletin, The Flaming Lips struck gold once again with 2002's equally as brilliant Yoshimi Battles The Pink Ro

Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (Pink Vinyl) LP

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Butterfly (Vincent Gallo & Harper Simon): The Music of Butterfly LP

Vincent Gallo and Harper Simon with a beautifully recorded suite of songs and instrumentals. " More than two decades since he blew minds with a suite of brilliant releases on Warp, Vincent Gallo returns to the world of music at long last in Butterfly, his

Butterfly (Vincent Gallo & Harper Simon): The Music of Butterfly LP

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Mute Throbbing Gristle: TGCD1 LP

Throbbing Gristle revisits TGCD1, long out of print, now available on vinyl for the first time ever via Mute. This release includes the original sleeve notes by all the members of the band, uncovering the story and ethos behind TG's independent record lab

Throbbing Gristle: TGCD1 LP

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Verve Sanders, Pharoah: Karma (Verve Acoustic Sounds) LP

Pharoah Sanders possesses one of the most distinctive tenor saxophone sounds in jazz. Harmonically rich and heavy with overtones, Sanders' sound can be as raw and abrasive as it is possible for a saxophonist to produce. Yet, Sanders is highly regarded to

Sanders, Pharoah: Karma (Verve Acoustic Sounds) LP

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